Wilco Calls Religious Freedom Restoration Act “Legal Discrimination,” Cancels Indiana Show

[Fearless]

You can add alt-rockers Wilco to the growing list of groups boycotting Indiana after Governor Mike Pence signed the discriminatory Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which allows citizens to refuse service to almost anyone if its on religious grounds.

“We are canceling our May 7 show at the Murat in Indianapolis,” the band announced on its Facebook page today. “The ‘Indiana Religious Freedom Restoration Act’ feels like thinly disguised legal discrimination to us. [We] hope to get back to the Hoosier State someday soon, when this odious measure is repealed.”

http://www.newnownext.com/wilco-calls-religious-freedom-restoration-act-legal-discrimination-cancels-indiana-show/03/2015/

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Boycott!

[nomorenomore08]

1. Slightly off-topic, but I thought some might find this of interest:

"The band held auditions prior to the promotional tour for March 16–20, 1992, and two candidates stood out: Bill Belzer and Ken Coomer. Although singers Jay Farrar and Jeff Tweedy agreed that Coomer was the better drummer, they were intimidated by his six-foot-four stature and long dreadlocks. The band selected Belzer as Heidorn's replacement, but he only stayed with the band for six months. Tweedy explained Belzer's departure:

'We had Belzer in the band for six months. I want to believe it was purely musical, and I honestly believe that it wasn't working musically. I also believe that we weren't emotionally mature enough to be close friends with a gay person at that point in our lives ... And Bill was and is a very proud and righteous gay person, very open about his homosexuality.'"

Either way, good for Wilco.

[Fearless]

2. It does say something about their character to be able to admit that

I respect them for that honesty and their ability to look critically at how they behaved and feel regret for it.

[nomorenomore08]

3. I absolutely agree with you on that. n/t